This Teen Almost Died After Drinking A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail

Doctors in the U.K. have been forced to remove the stomach of an
18-year-old woman after she drank a cocktail containing liquid
nitrogen.

Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham in Lancaster, was celebrating her
18th birthday at a bar last Thursday when she drank the cocktail.

She began to feel breathless and developed severe stomach pains
before being brought to Lancaster Royal Infirmary at about 11pm
where she was diagnosed with a perforated stomach.

Doctors were then forced to perform an emergency operation to
remove her stomach in order to save her life.

Lancashire Police said the bar has now stopped selling the
cocktail following last week’s incident, and that an
investigation is underway.

A police spokesperson said: “The investigation is still in its
early stages and we are still interviewing witnesses to establish
the full facts.

“The premises involved have fully cooperated with all agencies
and have suspended drinks involving liquid nitrogen.”

Liquid nitrogen is a liquefied gas which vaporises at -196C and
has recently become a popular method to flash freeze foods in
kitchens. It also creates a cloud of vapour ‘smoke’, which can
make cocktails attractive.

However, it should only ever be used to chill glasses or freeze
ingredients as it can cause rapid cold damage to flesh and tissue
or lethal internal damage when ingested.